Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 3,893 sheep were forward consisting of 3,254 prime hoggs and 639 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £169 and 433p/kg were 39kg Beltex cross hoggs from Messrs Jackson, Little Beck, Penrith.

Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York sold a pen of four 40kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £165 (412.5p/kg)

Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Workington sold 45kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £168.

Messrs Dinsdale, High Field, Penrith sold a pair of 41kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £167 (407.3p/kg) this home also sold another pair of 43kg hoggs to make £161.

Messrs Dickinson, Kirkbarrow Hall, Penrith sold a pen of six 42kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £165 (392.9p/kg), with this same home selling a pair of nine 42kg hoggs to make £163.50.

Messrs Phillips, Bridge Close, Northallerton sold a pen of nine 43kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £163.

Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton sold a pen of nine 44kg hoggs to make £162.

Messrs Hunter, Upper Brydekirk, Annan sold a pen of 39kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £155 (397.4p/kg)

Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth sold a pen of eight 39kg hoggs for £153 (392.3p/kg)

Well bred heavy hoggs were also good to sell with 54kg hoggs making £160 from Jojo Andrews, York.

Messrs Dickinson, Kirkbarrow Hall, Penrith sold 56kg Texel cross hoggs to make £157.

Suffolk cross Mule hoggs sold to 237.5p/kg for a oen of eleven 52kg hoggs making £123.50 from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown.

Mule hoggs also topped at 232.6p/kg for a pen of 43kg hoggs which made £100 from Messrs Slack, Stoneriggs, Hilton.

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon sold a pen of 22 46kg Mule hoggs to make £104 (226.1p/kg) with another pen of 26 49kg Mule hoggs making £108 also from this home.

Good meated pens of Swaledale hoggs were also good to sell topping at £104.50 twice, firstly for a pen of ten 49kg hoggs from Messrs Elliott, Harbour Flatt, Murton.

Also making £104.50 was a pen of nine 50kg Swaledale hoggs from Messrs Heron, Eastfield Farm, Warcop.

39kg Swaledale hoggs also sold to £84 (215.4p/kg) from Messrs Fairburn, Ripon.

Once again another wonderful SQQ average of 267.66p/kg and an overall average of 254.9p/kg for 3254 hoggs was achieved.

64 pens and 318 hoggs sold between £140-£169

49 pens and 272 hoggs sold between 340-433p/kg

Cast sheep topped at £152 for Texel cross ewes from Messrs Coulthard, Bridge End Farm, Westgate.

Swaledale ewes sold to £79 for a pen of 36 great ewes from Messrs Akrigg, Manor House Farm, Skipton with Messrs Slack, Stoneriggs also making £79 for a pen of six Swaledale ewes.

Leading Hogg Averages
No.        Weight    p/kg        Head        From
40    @    41.7kg    376.1p    £156.96    W&J&I Dinsdale, Penrith
38    @    43.8kg    334p        £146.46    MTP&SD Wills, Dufton
47    @    45.9kg    315p        £144.64    W&SE Dickinson & Son, Greystoke
87    @    44.2kg    324.8p    £143.68    JM Andrews, York
60    @    39.4kg    357.1p    £141.00    PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
23    @    43.4kg    319.7p    £138.89    MH Elliott, Penrith
10    @    42.5kg    325.8p    £138.50    HG Jackson, Kings Meaburn
64    @    42.7kg    322.1p    £137.63    RE Phillips & Son, Northallerton
45    @    48.2kg    279.8p    £135.12    RN Strong, Pooley Bridge
106    @    42.1kg    319.2p    £134.58    Thompson Livestock, Penrith

Leading Prices –

Prime Hoggs

Price Per head –

Beltex £169 Little Beck; £168, £142 Kelmore Hill Farm; £167(2), £161, £158.50(2), £153.50 High Field; £165, £163.50, £156.50 Kirkbarrow Hall; £165, £160, £155.50, £151, £150(3), £142, £140 Boscar Flats; £163, £154, £146 Bridge Close; £160.50, £144 Smalmstown Farm; £156 Little Beck; £155 Upper Brydekirk; £154, £153.50, £150, £146 Fawcett Park Farm; £154, £153, £149, £145, £141 Highscale Farm; £153 Buckles Farm; £150.50 Barton Hall; £148, £146, £144, £141 Anchor Farm; £147.50(2), £146.50(2) Espland House; £146, £142 Hall Farm House; £145.50 Town End Farm; £145 Chapel Farm; £142 Green Farm; £140 Skelcies Hall: Texel £157, £130, £126 Kirkbarrow Hall; £146.50, £128(2) Hall Farm House; £146.50, £145, £140, £136, £130, £128 Boscar Flats; £142, £136, £130, £127 Miller Hill; £140, £133 Whygill Head; £138, £134.50, £127.50, £126 New Blainslie; £138, £135, £125 Barton Hall; £138 Bridge Close; £138 Avenue Farm; £130 Waters Farm; £129.50 Calva Farm; £128, £125.50 Smalmstown Farm; £125 Tailbert: Blue Texel £145 Smalmstown Farm; £144.50 Kirkbarrow Hall; £139 Boscar Flats, £130 Town End Farm; £130 Kelmore Hill Farm: Suffolk £135 Town End Farm; £128.50 New Blainslie; £123.50, £121.50, £119.50 Smalmstown Farm; £116.50 Chapel Farm: Dutch Spotted £130(2) Birch Bush: Charollais £121 Orchard Farm; £110 Green Farm: Rouge £120 Skelcies Hall: Cheviot £112.50 Smalmstown Farm; £102.50 Eastfield Farm: Mule £112.50, £104 Haber; £110 Harbour Flatt; Smardale Mill; £108, £104 Marriforth; £107 Eastfield Farm; £105.50 High Stennerskeugh; £104.50(2) Kelmore Hill; £104 Green Farm: Scotch Blackface £110, £109.50, £102 Smalmstown Farm; £104.50 Ireshope Plains: Swaledale £104.50 Eastfield Farm; £104.50, £104 Harbour Flatt; £102 Southwaite Farm; £101.50 Ettersgill House; £100 High Wardses: Bluefaced Leicester £102.50 Green Farm: Rough £80.50 Hardendale Farm: Lonk £76 Marshes Gill.

Price per kilo –

Beltex 433.3p Little Beck; 412.5p, 387.2p, 379.3p Boscar Flats; 407.3p, 388.4p, 383.3p, 377.4p(2), 374.4p High Field; 397.4p Upper Brydekirk; 392.9p, 389.3p, 355.7p Kirkbarrow Hall; 392.3p, 372.5p, 371.1p, 362.5p, 361.1p, 350p Highscale Farm; 391.9p Chapel Farm; 382.1p Smalmstown Farm; 379.1p, 366.7p Bridge Close; 375.7p, 361p, 351.2p Anchor Farm; 373.7p Hall Farm House; 373.7p, 353.8p Green Farm; 373.3p Kelmore Hill Farm; 373.2p Buckles Farm; 368.2p, 366.7p, 365.5p Fawcett Park Farm; 366.3p, 351.2p(2) Espland House; 356.4p Stubsgill Farm: Blue Texel 361.3p Kirkbarrow Hall; 331p Boscar Flats; 325p Town End Farm; 315.2p Smalmstown Farm; 295.5p Kelmore Hill Farm: Texel 320.9p, 270p Avenue Farm; 306.7p, 302.4p, 290.5p Bridge Close; 306.6p Chapel Farm; 298.9p, 271.3p New Blainslie; 295.9p, 283.3p, 282.6p, 278.3p, 276.4p Boscar Flats; 289.8p, 288.9p Miller Hill; 283.3p Town End Farm; 280.4p Kirkbarrow Hall; 278.3p Smalmstown Farm; 277.8p Tailbert; 275.6p Marriforth; 273.8p Whygill Head: Dutch Texel 256.1p Gunnerwell: Charollais 244.4p Green Farm; 238.6p, 237.3p Orchard Farm: Suffolk 237.5p(2), 234.4p(2), 234.3p Smalmstown; 235.1p Marriforth; 233.6p New Blainslie; 233p Chapel Farm: Dutch Spotted 236.4p Birch Bush: Mule 232.6p Stoneriggs; 226.1p, 220.4p Marriforth; 222.3p Kelmore Hill Farm; 221.3p Green Farm; 220.7p Stubsgill Farm: Cheviot 229.6p Smalmstown Farm; 223.8p Orchard Farm: Scotch Blackface 224.5p, 221.7p Smalmstown Farm; 221.6p Ireshope Plains: Swaledale 215.4p Marriforth; 213.3p, 200p Harbour Flatt; 209p Eastfield Farm; 204.4p Southwaite Farm; 204.3p Arngill House; 202.1p Ireshope Plains: Kerry Hill 215p Searchlight Farm.

Cast Ewes

Texel £152 Bridge End Farm; £121, £120 Hall Farm House: Rouge £146, £140, £120 Skelcies Hall: Beltex £140 Stoneriggs; £110 Searchlight: Suffolk £126 Oak House: Bluefaced Leicester £126, £110 Asby Hall; £120 Bridge End Farm: Cheviot £113 Barrowmoor Farm; £82 Lower Leazer Farm: Mule £96 Stoneriggs; £95 Middle Bank End Farm; £94 West End Farm; £92 Kelmore Hill Farm: Swaledale £79 Manor House Farm; £79 Stoneriggs; £74 Haber; £70, £65 Asby Hall; £70 Glebelands; £69 Eastfield Farm; £66 Wythes Hill; £66 High Wardses; £65 Woodcroft: Rouge £76 Haber: Scotch Blackface £72 House & Holme Farm.

Cast Rams

Texel £140 Lands Farm; £114(2) Marriforth; £112 Villa Farm; £110 New Hall: Beltex £132 New Hall: Bluefaced Leicester £126 Lands Farm: Suffolk £100 Park House Farm: Dorset £92 Buckles Farm: Swaledale £88 New Hall; £80.50 Middle End Farm.